Gilbert Besnard Sept04 Electronic Acquisition for Broadcasters

Introduction Focus on DVC-100 for News Gathering application –Broadcast product –Huge potential PPT presentation –Application oriented –Based on workflow diagram –My goal is to give you the tools to qualify a potential DVC customer

Evolution of the News Production Workflow

Old Fashion News Production Workflow News Acquisition: On tape w/ Camcorder Editing: Linear tape to tape editing Playout: Tape playback Playout News Gathering Linear Editing

Current News Production Workflow Non-Linear Editing On Air Playout News Gathering Tape Transfer Digitize News Acquisition: On tape w/ Camcorder Digitize: Transfer tape to Video Server Editing: Non-linear digital editing Playout: Video Server playback

How the DVC-100 can improve the News Production Process?

Case Study #1: In-Field News Production Goal: to get a complete portable solution from News Acquisition to Editing to Transmission.

News Gathering Non-Linear Editing Transmit File Transfer In-Field News Production DV Transfer over IEEE-1394 Tape / DV Transfer News Acquisition: On tape w/ SD Camcorder Digitize: Tape playback via DVC-100 for DV transfer over IEEE-1394 Editing: Non-linear digital editing Transmit: File transfer directly from the laptop

News Gathering Non-Linear Editing Transmit File Transfer In-Field News Production DV Transfer over IEEE-1394 Tape / DV Transfer SKY News in UK has adopted this model for field news acquisition all over the world

In-Field Acquisition

In-Field Editing & Transmission

Case Study #2: Local News Production Goal: to get the news ready to broadcast ASAP by shortening the production process wherever possible

DV Drive - Sony DSR-DU1 - FireStore FS-3 Gear Overview DVC-100 Sony SX Camcorder

DV Drive slaved on the Camera Gear Overview Digital Signal via 40-pin

Gear Overview Camera & DV Drive Record Camera & DV Drive RECORD

Gear Overview Camera & DV Drive Record Camera & DV Drive STOP

Non-Linear Editing News Gathering Current News Production Workflow Tape Transfer Digitize Tape to Disk transfer is the bottle neck Broadcasters seek more efficient production workflows On Air Playout

Improved News Production Workflow Non-Linear Editing On Air Playout News Gathering DV File Transfer News Acquisition: On DV-Drive via DVC-100 File Transfer : Drag & drop, ready to edit

Why the DVC-100?

1.To speed up the whole production process 2.There are thousands of SD cameras in use in the field. 3.DV Editing with Avid NewsCutter is an industry standard for news editing.

Whats The Alternative SONY XDCAM Blue Laser Camcorder with IEEE-1394 Out $ 30,000 per Camera Keep Your CameraBuy New Camera DVC FS-3 DV Drive – DVC-100 = $ 5,995 – FS-3 = $ 2,000 Total $6,995 Now $4,995

How to Qualify a DVC-100 Customer? By asking simple questions as follow…

1.What type of camcorder are you using for News Gathering ? –Sony Digital Camcorder (DVC-100) Digital Betacam DVW series Betacam SX DNW series IMX MSW series –Any Camcorder with SDI out (DVC-120) Panasonic AJ-SDX-900 Ikegami HL-V79W etc. –Even Analog Betacam SP using picoLinks for A/D 2.How many camcorders do you have? 3.What is your News Editing environment? –Any DV editing system eg. AVID NewsCutter

Conventional News Production Workflow News Gathering Tape Transfer DigitizeNon-Linear Editing Improved News Production Workflow Non-Linear Editing News Gathering DV File Transfer

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